R-46
R-56 test model
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Intercontinental ballistic missile. Year: 1963. Family: R-36. Country: Ukraine. Status: Study 1966. Manufacturer's Designation: R-46.

Super-heavy ICBM designed by Yangel in 1963-1966. The original R-56 super-booster concept consisted of clustered R-46's.

The R-46 was to be available in two-stage ICBM and three-stage orbital launch vehicle versions. The concept proceeded to the point of dynamic tests of subscale models at TsNIIMASH, but like the R-56 was never authorised for full-scale development.

Manufacturer: Yangel. Maximum range: 16,000 km (9,000 mi). Standard warhead CEP: 1.50 km (0.90 mi).

Bibliography and Further Reading
  • Karpenko, A V, Utkin, A F and Popov,A D, Otechestvenniye strategischeskiye raketnoye kompleks, Sankt-Peterburg: Nevskii bastion; Gangut 1999.. Well-illustrated encyclopedia of the missiles of the Russian strategic missile forces.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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